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Once a household name among progressives, the activist and minister influenced generations that followed.

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With all due respect to the late Stephen Sachs, putting peace activists in jail was wrong in the 1960s and it's wrong today.

Eric Krewson and the band he headlines, The Chairman Dances, wrote a song that celebrates the friendship of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin. And that song will shortly be on its way to the Vatican.

Walking with Fr. Daniel Berrigan, S.J., A Criminal for Peace Today is a day to celebrate the prophetic voice and witness of Fr. Daniel Berrigan, the non-violent anti-war activist and poet, whose life and witness has touched so many lives.  He was born on May 9, 1921 and would have been 100 years old today.  He died five years ago, but his spirit continues to animate and inspire so many others.  The following essay is from my recent book,  Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies. Radical dissiden...

From Howard Zinns Peoples History of the United States— Classic Archives: The Gulf of Tonkin con job and other covered up facts by mainstream media and historians Hal Ashbys Coming Home, with Bruce Dern and Jane Fonda among the leads was a powerful statement about the effects of the war in Vietnam on the home front. From 1964 to 1972, the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the history of the world made a maximum military effort, with everything short of atomic bombs, to defeat a national...

What Is George Kerrs Movement? What Is George Kerrs Movement? 777 Words4 Pages George Kerr, my mother’s father and my grandfather, was born in January 1950, making him 67 years old. Consequently, he was a teenager living in Aberdeen, Maryland (roughly 40 miles from Baltimore) during the 1960s. The 1960s were a time filled with protests and demonstrations against the establishment and typical social and political activity. From the Civil Rights movement to the Anti-Vietnam War movement to W...